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Re: windows sizes
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Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:55:48 -0500
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    Good idea, Steve.

I didn't think of that.

Thanks so much!

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: windows sizes


> Tom,
>
> Look at the shortcut properties to see if the "Run Maximized" radio button
> is checked.  You may have forgotten to select it when you created the
> shortcut, and it is not selected by default.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 15:09
> Subject: Re: windows sizes
>
>
>>        Oh, yeah, Steve, I'm a firm believer in short cuts!
>>
>> Interestingly, though, I have a shortcut set for the program that is
>> showing
>> the screen display problem, and the screen still is quite compressed and
>> hard to read, according to the sighted ham that was over here yesterday
>> afternoon.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 3:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: windows sizes
>>
>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Another useful trick is to create a shortcut to a program you use often.
>>> Three neat things about shortcuts:  (1) they're easier to find than 
>>> going
>>> through the Start menu, (2) you can define hot keys for them so you 
>>> won't
>>> even have to look for them on your desktop, and (3) you can specify that
>>> they always open the program with a maximized window.  BTW, you can also
>>> create shortcuts for often0used folders, and the same rules apply.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 13:06
>>> Subject: windows sizes
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tom, that trick is useful to you, because sometimes a screen readers
>>>> reads
>>>> an application better if it is maximized.  That alt-space is a windows
>>>> shortcut, but you will usually find the window size menu on the main
>>>> menu
>>>> bar of a program.
>>>> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
>>>> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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